Caitlyn Jenner Quotes

A lot of people have a cough that doesn't go away, or go up and down stairs and get shortness of breath, and they don't think about COPD. They could have a problem, though, and catching it in the beginning stages is crucial.

COPD includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both. Over time, it makes it harder and harder to breathe because less air is able to flow in and out of the lungs.

My sister, Dottie, suffered from COPD for quite a few years before we knew what it was. Hers was a form of emphysema, and she was 48 when she passed away.

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night.

I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.

I suffer from bronchiectasis, an obstructive lung disease, and have a little osteoporosis, too.

I suffered from asthma when I was a kid.

I was diagnosed with a lung disorder that some people walk around with and don't even know they have. Through early diagnosis, I'm happy to share that I stay healthy with diet and exercise.

I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.

My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

I nearly died of double bronchial pneumonia at the age of five.

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.

I've had asthma my entire life.

I use an inhaler myself and have done since I was 15.

Lungs, they do not like to be messed with. I give pneumonia one star and that's for the silent p.

I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.

Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking.

I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.

Almost every person over 45, and definitely those who have ever smoked, should have a spirometry test.

If you just do a Google search and type in 'smoking' or 'lung cancer', you will be barraged with never ending facts and numbers, like how one in every three Americans is affected by lung disease and how COPD is the third leading cause of death and if you get lung cancer the odds are 95% that you will die.

Carbon pollution contributes to climate change, which causes temperatures to rise. Hotter temperatures mean more smog in the air, and breathing smog can inflame deep lung tissue. Repeated inflammation over time can permanently scar lung tissue, even in low concentrations.

I put the heart attack down to 66 cigarettes a day.